List of state legislature speakers

The following is a list of state-level Speakers of the House (or state Assembly, depending upon the state) in the United States:[1][2]

State  | Speaker  | Party  | Since

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Alabama | Nathaniel Ledbetter | R  | 2023
Alaska | Bryce Edgmon | I-Coalition  | 2025
Arizona | Steve Montenegro | R  | 2025
Arkansas | Matthew Shepherd | R  | 2018
California | Robert Rivas | D  | 2023
Colorado | Julie McCluskie | D  | 2023
Connecticut | Matthew Ritter | D  | 2021
Delaware | Melissa Minor-Brown | D  | 2025
Florida | Daniel Perez | R  | 2024
Georgia | Jon Burns | R  | 2023
Hawaii | Nadine Nakamura | D  | 2024
Idaho | Mike Moyle | R  | 2022
Illinois | Chris Welch | D  | 2021
Indiana | Todd Huston | R  | 2020
Iowa | Pat Grassley | R  | 2020
Kansas | Dan Hawkins | R  | 2023
Kentucky | David Osborne | R  | 2017
Louisiana | Phillip DeVillier | R  | 2024
Maine | Ryan Fecteau | D  | 2024
Maryland | Adrienne A. Jones | D  | 2019
Massachusetts | Ron Mariano | D  | 2020
Michigan | Matt Hall | R  | 2025
Minnesota | Lisa Demuth | R  | 2025
Mississippi | Jason White | R  | 2024
Missouri | Dean Plocher | R  | 2023
Montana | Matt Regier | R  | 2023
Nebraska | John Arch | R[a] | 2023
Nevada | Steve Yeager | D  | 2022
New Hampshire | Sherman Packard | R  | 2020
New Jersey | Craig Coughlin | D  | 2018
New Mexico | Javier Martínez | D  | 2023
New York | Carl Heastie | D  | 2015
North Carolina | Destin Hall | R  | 2025
North Dakota | Dennis Johnson | R  | 2022
Ohio | Jason Stephens | R  | 2023
Oklahoma | Kyle Hilbert | R  | 2025
Oregon | Dan Rayfield | D  | 2022
Pennsylvania | Joanna McClinton | D  | 2023
Rhode Island | Joe Shekarchi | D  | 2021
South Carolina | Murrell Smith | R  | 2022
South Dakota | Hugh Bartels | R  | 2023
Tennessee | Cameron Sexton | R  | 2019
Texas | Dade Phelan | R  | 2021
Utah | Mike Schultz | R  | 2023
Vermont | Jill Krowinski | D  | 2021
Virginia | Don Scott | D  | 2024
Washington | Laurie Jinkins | D  | 2020
West Virginia | Roger Hanshaw | R  | 2018
Wisconsin | Robin Vos | R  | 2013
Wyoming | Albert Sommers | R  | 2023

1. ^ The Nebraska Legislature is technically non-partisan.

## Records

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Mike Madigan is cumulatively the longest-serving state legislative speaker in U.S. history (serving from 1983-1995 and again from 1997 to 2021). Tom Murphy served the longest consecutive tenure as state legislative speaker from 1973 to 2002. Tina Kotek is the longest-serving female state legislative speaker in U.S history (serving from 2013-2022).

## References

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1. ^ "State Speaker of the House - Ballotpedia". Retrieved 2018-04-18.
2. ^ "State Legislative Leaders". National Conference of State Legislators. November 6, 2024. Retrieved November 21, 2024.

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Speakers of U.S. lower houses

United States House of Representatives: ▌Mike Johnson (R)

▌Ledbetter (R), ▌Pringle (R)

▌Edgmon (I/C)

▌Montenegro (R), ▌Carter (R)

▌Evans (R), ▌Wing (R)

▌Rivas (D), ▌Lowenthal (D)

▌McCluskie (D), ▌Boesenecker (D)

▌Ritter (D), ▌Godfrey (D)

▌Melissa Minor-Brown (D)

▌Perez (R), ▌Duggan (R)

▌Burns (R), ▌Jones (R)

▌Nakamura (D), ▌Ichiyama (D)

▌Moyle (R)

▌Welch (D), ▌Buckner (D)

▌Huston (R), ▌Karickhoff (R)

▌Grassley (R), ▌Wills (R)

▌Hawkins (R), ▌Carpenter (R)

▌Osborne (R), ▌Meade (R)

▌DeVillier (R), ▌Johnson (R)

▌Fecteau (D)

▌Jones (D), ▌Stein (D)

▌Mariano (D), ▌Hogan (D)

▌Hall (R), ▌Smit (R)

▌Demuth (R), ▌Olson (R)

▌White (R), ▌Barton (R)

▌Patterson (R), ▌Perkins (R)

▌Ler (R), ▌Zolnikov (R)

▌Kelly (R), ▌Arch (R)*

▌Yeager (D), ▌Monroe-Moreno (D)

▌Packard (R), ▌Kofalt (R)

▌Coughlin (D), ▌Quijano (D)

▌Martínez (D)

▌Heastie (D), ▌Hunter (D)

▌Hall (R), ▌Setzer (R)

▌Weisz (R)

▌Huffman (R), ▌Manning (R)

▌Hilbert (R), ▌Moore (R)

▌Fahey (D), ▌Gomberg (D)

▌McClinton (D)

▌Shekarchi (D), ▌Kennedy (D)

▌Smith (R), ▌Pope (R)

▌Hansen (R), ▌Lems (R)

▌Sexton (R), ▌Marsh (R)

▌Burrows (R), ▌Moody (D)

▌Schultz (R), ▌Dunnigan (R)

▌Krowinski (D)

▌Scott (D)

▌Jinkins (D), ▌Stearns (D)

▌Hanshaw (R), ▌Rohrbach (R)

▌Vos (R), ▌Petersen (R)

▌Neiman (R), ▌Haroldson (R)

Federal districts:

▌Mendelson (D)*

Territories:

▌Ale (R)

▌Blas (D)*

▌Villagomez (I)

▌Méndez (NPP/R), ▌Peña (NPP)

▌Potter (D)*

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